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• 1 Module 1: Basic principles of micronutrients

• 1.1.6 Introduction to basic principles

• What are the 2 main groups that minerals can be separated into?

  Major minerals;
  Trace elements
• What does the bio-availability of a micronutrient indicate/mean?

  The amount of a micronutrient that is actually taken up into the body
• Why is the bio-availability of micronutrients especially relevant for minerals?

  Minerals can be present in foods, but still not be taken up into the body efficiëntly

• 1.2.1 Overview of micronutrients

• What are 2 main differences between macro and micro nutrients?

  The amount in which it is consumed (70-200 g macros; <1 g micros);
  Micronutrients do not provide energy to the body
• What is the difference between organic and inorganic molecules in relation to their chemistry?

  Organic molecules contain carbon atoms, inorganic molecules do not contain carbon atoms

• 1.2.2 Overview of micronutrients

• What are the 2 general main purposes of vitamins in the body?

  Growth;
  Maintaining good health
• What does it mean that vitamins are essential components of our diet?

  That the body cannot produce the amounts of vitamins that our bodies need; so it is essential that we take in vitamins via diet
• How many vitamin- compounds/groups of compounds are there?

  13
• What are the members of the same vitamin family called?
  (EX: vitamin E is a group of compounds that resemble parent compounds, so what are the compounds in that group called?)

  Vitamers
• What happens within the body to a provitamin?

  A provitamin is converted within the body to a vitamin